thousands of pro-european protest is demonstrate again in ukraine as jailed opposition leader tymoshenko goes on a hunger strike in solidarity. the head of the opposition free syrian army says the rebels will not attend a peace conference in geneva in january. it says there is no role or president assad in transition. send 1000t to soldiers to the central african republic. the situation there has been described as desperate. you are watching "france 24." us.ks for joining

in ukraine, jailed opposition leader yuliya tymoshenko has gone on a hunger strike lending her way to the protests of the tens of thousands who wore -- marched through tm sunday, the country's biggest rally in nearly 10 years. and they are continuing to protest. the anger comes after the government pulled out of a landmark trade deal with the european union. >> protesters turn out again on the streets of key yahoo!, determined to make their voices heard. ordinary ukrainians are urging to govich's government back of the decision to scrap the european trade agreement. >> we are here for our future because we are not satisfied with the life we have now. we don't see any improvement in the future. at is why we are for european integration. >> the more people will gather here, the better the chance to victory because authorities are afraid of the people. >> riot police push back

protesters who had also clashed with them earlier in the day when they try to march on the prime minister's building. the menstruation to the west of the country where support for imprisoned former prime minister tymoshenko is high. the protesters vowed to a the course. one analyst says it is a clear message to the eu as well as the ukrainian government. i think these protests will be taken into consideration by the authority. but it is also -- for europe because such social support for integration mean to europe may not be the main focus for ukrainian authorities but it is for ukrainian citizens. >> the government has been under intense pressure from russia to abandon the eu deal. in a televised address president yanukovich says it would have severe economic consequences. on monday tymoshenko announced

rumor lawyer that she is starting a hunger strike to urge the president to make a u-turn. the free syrian army says it will boycott the upcoming peace talks in geneva. opposition general says the fsa will not abide by its cease-fire and will continue the fight to topple president bashar al-assad throughout the geneva conference in january. for more, i will bring in adam in beirut. what more can you tell us? another --ngly, thrown in the work's of the plants for these peace, the so- called geneva ii. current round should've taken place this month but were again postponed, and now the january. what we are hearing from the general is those loyal to him will not take heart in the peace talks. he said the conditions at the moment i'm not right. probably a reference to the fact that if you go back a year or

so, the military opposition had a far stronger hand than it does now. since then, the syrian government has regained some of the territory it had lost then, said they will continue to try to secure weapons to fight through the period of negotiations and beyond them. what is really important here is there is such a tenuous relationship between the military and political demands of opposition that in order for the peace talks to have meaning they need those from the military command of the opposition around the table. that seems very unlikely at the moment. >> it seems like there has been a lot of confusion as to exactly will be attending a conference or won't be, not only from the two sides of the syrian conflict but the international community as well. >> that is right. aboutrd from ban ki-moon

january 22 but then we heard from the -- envoy to the u.n. and arab league saying the work is not been finalized yet who will take part in the peace talks. he is always a little more circumspect, a little more realistic than his counterparts and what he says tends to reflect the truth on the ground. we also heard from laurent five yes that the peace talks will take place, but without deemednt assad and those as terrorists and opposition. to try to get around from the objections from both sides -- not sitting down with new they described as terrorists but their government describes all opposition as terrorists and for the opposition to sit down with president assad, and then made it clear and statements from today even that they would not like to see him take part in any transitional government. the peace talks are

floundering and the difficulty is to get people from either side to even be representative of their respective sides in the struggle. >> thank you for that, adam, reporting from beirut. will send 1000 troops to the troubled central saysan republic -- france it was in 1000 troops. the defense minister says the troops will be back up for an african peace he been force. the central african republic has been wracked i months of violence. tensions have been building since the rebel group ousted the president in march. contingent in the central african republic could triple -- joining the nearly 400 currently deployed. once approval from the un security council sometime next week. the troops will work with the african union international support mission in the central african republic. will accompany the

african force. africanill support the mission with around 1000 soldiers. the central african republic fell into chaos in march when the mainly muslim fighters of president.ed the says the immediate task is to restore public order. >> the objective is to do the job as quickly as possible. -- african countries we do not exclude the peacekeeping operation down the road. the situation is on the verge of genocide. an increase of rape, torture, summary executions and sectarian violence between muslims and christians. it fears the conflict could spread to other countries in the region. situation is left to fester, it may develop into a religious and ethnic tablet with

a long-standing consequences, even a civil war that could spread into neighboring countries. >> since march, more than 400,000 people have been internally displaced and around 68,000 have fled to neighboring countries. >> you are watching "france 24." >> international papers, the iranian nuclear deal reached on sunday continues to get a lot of attention into net -- and international press. a cartoon in at the international "new york where it cuts about changes in the radioactive symbol replaced with a smiley

face. the shift in relations with iran . the international new york times editorial applause president which,nd -- for the deal according to them, makes the world safer for now. it says the deal does by time, but there are many perils ahead -- opposition from israel, saudi arabia, as well as internal opposition in the u.s. but the "international new york times" is there is a window of opportunity but the clock is ticking. editorial in "the chinese daily news" is out today, padding china on the back saying china laid a constructive role putting the talks forward but also the months ahead will be crucial. what it is, according to "china daily" is a test of enron credibility. iran's credibility. "the daily beast" also says this is a real test and for now it is a peaceful soul illusion but if

a deal is not reached in six months, well, the possibility of war rises. if the problem, according to them, is that president obama's credibility to enforce any kind of deadline has really been badly damaged. why is that? taking a quote from the article that's the problem is the president has once again laid out another redline but his track record with red lines is ambiguous. this is referring to what happened with syria. physically, there are a lot of doubt as to whether obama will be able to impose a redline on iran and if he does not, a real possibility israel would attack. >> and what the deal means for the region. >> an interesting piece in the "jerusalem post" which points out the deal could intensify sectarian tension in the middle east. because according to critics, , theeal legitimizes iran rising power in the region.

so basically it changes the regional geo-strategic landscape in favor of shiites, and this, according to this article, could intensify sectarian tensions. the is a very interesting piece where she talks about a photo that is going viral in lebanon. i was looking for the photo but i cannot find it. if you find it, please send it to me. you see a couple with the baby and the father is holding a piece of paper saying i'm a shiite and the mother is holding up a paper saying i am a sunni, and the child holding up a piece of paper saying i am a sushi. the reason why people have an eagle to share it is because in the wake of last week's twin bombing -- people have been eager to share it is because in the wake of last week's bombing waseirut -- beirut, there violent sectarian hatred

circulating. according to her, this was a real breath of fresh air even though it may not change things on the ground. >> if you've got a photo also send to me, i will pass on. ukraine getting a lot of attention and the international press after a great desk the ukraine decided to abandon its association deal with the eu. >> it is getting a lot of attention. a real failure for the eu. the government's u- turn, it is still leaving the door open, even though the eu sharply criticize russia's external pressure on pf. "the wall street journal" in an editorial saying what we are seeing is a battle for ukraine, accusing resident vladimir russian re-create a sphere of influence and doing so it is bullying countries like ukraine. >> staying with "the wall street ," -- americans will be

celebrating. what do you say, congratulations? happy thanksgiving. it is a time of thanks and all the time to eat a lot of turkey. at that time if you are a turkey these days. except for one lucky turkey who gets pardoned. a tradition in the u.s. an interesting article in "the how does a journal," turkey get to washington? the nationalled turkey association which selects a bunch of turkeys to get to go to washington. one lucky one and one not so lucky one, the understudy. not tourkeys are trained freak out. this is a ceremony where there are a lot of flashes, music, the turkey gets handled around. a really interesting kind of -- article about what it is like to be trained to be one of those

turkeys. tough training. >> he continued the president. >> he continued the president. an exciting day for one of the turkeys. not so much for the others. >> thank you very much. if you are celebrating thanksgiving, happy thanksgiving from everyone on "france 24." marseilles head into the champions league group with arsenal in london tonight. knowing even a victory will not save them from illumination. the french side has lost all four of their games so far. including on the south coast. they insist they have not thrown in the towel yet. owe it to the others and to ourselves as well to be

professional and also to respect the other side and give everything. >> we still have two games to play. and the end of this group stage we have to makes -- sure we are involved in creative many problems as possible for other teams. >> victory for -- will mean that destiny is in the own hands. a victory at dortmund thanks to aaron ramsey's header. got warned about underestimating marseilles. >> of course, we have nothing to lose. it makes always the french teams very dangerous. they have quality, marseilles. they are in a better period at the moment because they just wondering their last two games. dangerousakes them a team to play against, of course. >> ramsey got the only goal of that game in dortmund and the

welshman sees the match is the key game in the campaign. same -- together over there. having lost the previous week at home. that, so weo do are now in control again and hopefully tomorrow night we will get the points we need which will be important for us to qualify. wilcox scored on that today 1 -- could be cameo against southhampton over the weekend after two months out. last year's losing finalist borussia dortmund will play natalie at home which can decide who goes through to the knockout round. bayen andst to arsenal. their coach -- >> nobody can feel secure in

this route. each of the three sides fighting to qualify have taken points off of each other and could lead to an interesting outcome. i, we do not win against napal we will be in trouble and the italians know that as well. dortmund struggling with defensive issues with many out injured. they are desperate for home success. ave -- we do feel we dropped some points at home which we would love to have picked up, but we didn't. napali will only benefit from that, if we played poorly, though. we're doing our best. does not matter what is said before the match. we are highly focused and very well prepared and not easily discouraged.

napali will be without their have been -- captain after he suffered a foot injury last weekend. he does expect a mighty clash foreen two quality teams their place in the knockout round. well, it is an opponent that plays to the highest level. i've got the greatest respect for them. they work hard to gain the respect. hand, i love these kinds of duels because it is a real indicator of the teams involved and how far we have come. i look forward to the match. >> they will certainly try to rough patchmund's with third consecutive defeat for the first time since january 2010. it will inject confidence --

a player out with a collarbone. bookedse teams can both their places in the knockout around -- round. the land can join barcelona in can join- milan barcelona in group eight. networkersn social report on the pro-europe protest. targetgroup anonymous japan over whale and dolphin hunting. the -- case fascinates twitter users in india.

named pf's independence square euro haven -- p.m.'s independence square. it was the epicenter of the 2004 orange revolution. illustrators are protesting the government decision made under pressure of gas from russia to scrap a plan to sign an agreement that would have strengthened ties with the european union. the movement has been widely coordinated by social networks. they can post and share messages and pictures sent in from tens of -- some of the tens of thousands of protesters who have been joining demonstrations since last friday urging the government to build closer ties with europe. to clashesitness with riot police, notably when protesters tried to block entry to government buildings in kiev. and taking place outside the ukrainian capital. one activist has set up an

to visualizeap demonstrations taking place across the country and the rest of the world. , and, rome, vienna ukrainians living abroad also taking to the streets to show their support for this pro- european movement. hacker group anonymous launched a campaign against dolphin and whale hunting programs in japan. they posted this video online denouncing the butchery and reminding viewers that commercial whaling is forbidden under international law. a legal flaws from that allows whaling for scientific purposes. anonymous is not prepared to accept this, however, and is preparing to launch cyber attacks on 20 of the website associated with the japanese government including agriculture, forestry and fisheries. web users the world over are

encouraged to exert pressure on the authorities are taking part in a day of action december 1 where activists will inundate social networks with messages condemning the hunting of whales and dolphins, both endangered species threatened with extinction if the slaughter continues. as you can see from these photos posted on facebook, activists have been busy in japan and regularly takes to the streets to urge the political representatives to put a stop to the hunting. hunting that continues in the southwestern fishing village -- ngo has been stationed there and have been posting videos online every day -- that annual golf and drive hunt every day in september. in india fascinated with the story of the 13-year- old girl found dead five years ago in her bedroom of her parents home. one of the family positive domestic workers was also found

that and all sorts of rumors and speculations ever since. an indian court recently convicted the teenagers parents of the double murder. questioning the slow progress and conditions of the inquiry and the sizing the police that failed to secure the crime scene at the time, meaning anyone, including the media, could access it. i glance alone unveiling david -- michelangelo unveiling david, his new scoped her. by the groupert before they became the beatles. imagine how history could have been told if smartphones had existed at the time. it provides a fun take on history. ever felt like dancing to the same song throughout the day? you can with a new video soloharrell -- his first

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sales. he falls within the upper- middle-class. forget elite, forget superrich. they are very concerned about their own conservative he. >> turning an ordinary car into an armored vehicle, it takes about six weeks and 18,000 euros to 30,000 euros depending on the kind of protection required. the vehicles made herein do not look armored from the outside to avoid attracting any attention. >> that is very much of the purpose of these vehicles. you are not supposed to be obvious about it. wereny citizens in karachi robbed at gunpoint, including this doctor who is receiving his armored suv today. >> now if somebody comes at a gun and points do you -- [laughter] with 20 million people,

karachi is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. and the criminals are not the only ones laughing here. police reports suggest the -- alsohave already started targeting the rich am operating freely in this populist the. realizes lawt enforcement agencies are feeling other job. >> internationally the standards are [indiscernible] the ratio, for 600, we are out of proportion. >> with over 2000 kidnappings for ransom and 22,000